Months ago, the Media Research Center tried to downplay the importance of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Now that the scandal has proven to be even worse than imagined, the…
NewsBusters Complains That Something Irrelevant Wasn’t Reported
In a July 13 NewsBusters post about NBC coverage of the impending implementation of an energy efficiency law that will require light bulbs to be more efficient, Brad Wilmouth was upset that…
NEW ARTICLE: Deep In The Heart of Whiteness With Ilana Mercer
The WorldNetDaily columnist pines for the days of apartheid and advocates racist immigration policies — and she even defended Michael Vick’s dogfighting. Read more >>
CNS Changes AP Headline to Smear Obama
When the Associated Press published a short July 13 article on a reportedly contentious meeting between President Obama and members of Congress over the debt ceiling, it carried the headline “AP sources:…
WND Lets Anonymous Coward Smear Again
Last year, we detailed how WorldNetDaily gave a cowardly attorney hiding behind the “pen name” of Frank J. Bleckwenn a platform to falsely attack Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Guess who’s back?…
NewsBusters’ Double Standard on MILFs
In a July 12 NewsBusters post, Noel Sheppard got all worked up that Bill Maher said that he hopes Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann “split the MILF vote.” Sheppard huffed: “Honestly, what…
Did WND Hire Private Investigator It Reported On?
A July 16 WorldNetDaily article touts how private investigator Susan Daniels, whom Unruh claims “confirmed that Barack Obama is using a Social Security number issued to a Connecticut address,” said on an…
MRC Headline Falsely Impugns NBC
A July 13 Media Research Center item by Kyle Drennen — repeated at NewsBusters — carries the headline “NBC: ‘About Time’ Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. Suffer ‘Damage’.” But the first paragraph…
Anti-Gay AIM, WND Rush to Defend Bachmann’s Anti-Gay Husband
ABC News’ report on the “pray away the gay” counseling tactics used by Marcus Bachmann, husband of Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, prompted a defense of Bachmann by some of the most…
WND Hides Facts On FDA Abortion Pill Report
A July 13 WorldNetDaily article by Bob Unruh uncritically repeated right-wing attacks on the “abortion pill” mifepristone, based on a newly released FDA report, but he ignored or downplayed mitigating factors, and…